'Salaries Cut Off, Promises Not Deliver, FC Ifeanyi Ubah Is Worse' - Yatsuhashi, Sacked Coach

Ex-Hearts coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi has launched a sensational attack on Ifeanyi Ubah, labeling the Nigerian side worse than his former club.

The 46-year-old left his post after just one month in charge over disagreement with the club’s top hierarchy. “When I joined the club, there was massive interferences by the management with regards to player selections which brought about disagreements at meetings and I was almost hit by one of the people around who claimed to be a former player of Parma,” Kenichi told Goal.

“I still chose to resist some directives like training twice a day because we only had two weeks to prepare and it resulted into different issues. The players would’ve broken down if I had complied.

“Salaries were cut off, promises made to me and the team were never delivered. Also there were lies through the local media and few of the fans that I’m very bad and rude because I objected their autocratic ways.

Chukwuma D. Ubah, chairman of the club verbally asked me to leave after our second match in the 2016 NPFL Super 4 tournament, and I agreed to leave. He thought I would resist and probably beg to stay but that is not me. Honestly, these people are worse than Hearts of Oak.

“According to Chukwuma, my contract had not started yet because it was stipulated that it will begin when the league kicks off and my future will then be decided on the performance of the club. I did not utter anything to him, but even with this, they refused to buy me a ticket back to Japan until I threatened to send them to FIFA for damages,” he added.